What is canine distemper? How should convulsive phenomenon be treated?

Dogs are good friends of human beings. they are smart, lovely and understand human nature, so now many friends keep pet dogs as members of the family. In the process of keeping a dog, you can not only feel the dog's love for you, but also make yourself more loving and responsible. Both animals and human beings will inevitably be affected by diseases. Canine distemper is a disease that occurs when raising dogs, and it is also very harmful to the health of dogs. Let's take a look at what is canine distemper. How should convulsive phenomenon be treated?

What is canine distemper?

Canine distemper virus is a common virus in dogs and weasels. If infected by this virus, it will appear symptoms such as digestive tract and respiratory tract, and serious neurological symptoms, that is, common paralysis, convulsions and so on. Generally speaking, canine distemper is very serious or fatal if there is a secondary infection.

Regardless of breed, age, male or female, there is a chance of infection. Susceptible dogs are less than one year old or purebred. Canine distemper has an incubation period of about a week. If infected, it usually takes four days to develop a high fever similar to cold symptoms, which will improve in two days, and then have a high fever again and again. Throughout the process, the dog's mood is not high, do not want to eat, or breathing aggravated, a small number of dogs will develop neurotic symptoms.

What are the infections of canine distemper? It is possible to spread this kind of virus, such as eye droppings, snot and urine secreted by dogs. In serious cases, dogs who have been with dogs with canine distemper may get hit, so be careful to keep dogs away from sick dogs.

Second, how to treat the convulsive phenomenon of canine distemper?

The course of canine distemper can reach a month or two, some even longer, if the drug can not control the disease, it will damage enough central nervous system, the emergence of a variety of symptoms. Such as limb and masticatory muscle convulsions, circles, epilepsy, standing instability and other neurological symptoms. The reaction of different dogs is different, there is no good drug can cure, but some drugs can be used to stabilize the dog's condition, reduce neurotic convulsions and so on.

So how to control the development of canine distemper? Generally speaking, if there are cold symptoms such as not wanting to eat or having a bad mood, you can inject canine distemper high immune serum to control the further development of the disease. In the early stage of the onset of canine distemper, the kind of serum can relieve some of the symptoms and produce antibodies to enhance the system, so that the dog can recover well. However, the serum does not cure the neurological symptoms of canine distemper in the middle and later stage, of course, it does not rule out that some individuals are different.

After the emergence of canine distemper, it is necessary to timely rehydration, sugar and antipyretic, so as to avoid secondary infection and enhance the management of feeding, which is helpful to the treatment of the disease.